The Queen's Ransom (The Saint TV Series)

Plot
In Monte Carlo, the Saint saves the life of Fallouda, former king of Fedyra. Fallouda tells Templar of his plan to return to the throne, raising the money by selling his wife's jewelry. The king asks Simon to accompany her to Zurich to get the jewels. Soon after the pair set out on the journey, troubles begin.

Trivia

 * This was the first televised episode of the series not based on any of the Leslie Charteris stories or novels. It was also the first color episode to be shown.
 * In "The Queen's Ransom", the Queen in question was played by Dawn Addams, who at the time of filming was in fact a Princess, having been married to Italian Prince Vittorio Massimo since 1954.
 * At the end of the story, the bad guys are using a white Jaguar with French number plates. This Jaguar was a 1959 3.4 liter SE, with the UK registration number UKV 668. It is clearly right hand drive. The white Jaguar that goes over the cliff was, in fact, an old, gray Jaguar that had been hand painted to look white. The cliff was at Betchworth in Surrey, near the railway station.
 * The aircraft (G-ASUW) is a 1949 DeHavilland DH-104 Dove 1A (s/n 04256) fixed wing, multi engine. (2 DeHavilland Gypsy Queen 70 Mk 3, 6 cylinder air cooled, 400 hp each).

Boom mic visible

 * Mic visible, top right of screen on the other side of iron gate as Templar, the Queen and the bank official walk towards the vault to collect the jewels.

Character error

 * In the prologue, Dawn Addam's character, Adana, refers to Gary Hope's character as "Colonel Aboukir". For the rest of the episode, however, he is called "Major Aboukir".

Continuity

 * Simon and the Princess get out of the plane and into the hijacked auto with the Princess on the drivers side and Templar on the passengers side.When arriving at the bank they get out on the opposite side with the Princess on the passenger side.
 * When Simon is breaking out the divider glass in the limousine the shot shows nothing behind them except a clear road. In the next scene as they stop the Ford pick up is a mere foot from the rear of the limousine.
 * Templar and the Queen exit the plane under the guard of the pilot about 24 minutes in. The pilot carries an attache case. However, Templar put the mis-directed jewels in a valise. At the car, they fight over a valise. Oooops!!.

Errors in geography

 * The train is supposed to be pulling into Avignon station but we see a British rail diesel hauled train going across an embankment, instead of a French locomotive.

Revealing mistakes

 * In the scene where Simon and Queen Adana stay at the country inn, the two gas pumps in front of the garage are lined up too close to the garage door opening. In another overhead shot (with Mustafa in frame), the pumps are not only misaligned but are positioned directly in front of the garage door opening, obviously giving away that they are in fact movable props.